Cisco Technology, Inc.

Anand Patel

Andrew George Harvey

Balachander Chandrasekaran

Anand M Pandharikar

Vikram Sharma

In one embodiment, a licensing authority receives a rehost ticket indicating proof of removal of a license from a first device. The licensing authority receives a request for a license for a second device. The licensing authority validates the rehost ticket to ensure that the license on the first device has been removed from the first device. The licensing authority provides a license for the second device if the rehost ticket is successfully validated, wherein the license that has been removed from the first device and the license for the second device provide the same license capabilities. The first device and the second device are associated with the same customer. Payment has been received for the license associated with the first device but payment has not been received for a separate license capable of being applied to the second device.

Mechanism for secure rehosting of licenses

A network device includes a first port to allow the device to communicate with other devices on an expansion bus. The device also includes a second port to allow the device to communicate with devices on a second bus and a memory to store data. A processor receives an interrupt signal from an expansion device on the expansion bus and generates an indicator of completion. The processor then inserts the indicator into a transaction queue after the set of data.

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